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Chad Vail might be young but he is no newcomer to the word of business. Now a successful entrepreneur, he has entered into a new line of work. Chad is training a new generation of entrepreneurs reports The Berkley Independent . Vail, who is president of Junior Achievement’s South Carolina Coastal Region, recently spent a few minutes with the Goose Creek Rotary talking about his organization’s mission and goals and how he got involved. Vail was still a senior at The Citadel when he opened his first business

Denver Business Journal : The Denver Business Journal and The Brown Palace Hotel and Spa presents our “Women in Business BizMix ” a networking mixer exclusively for women, from 5:30 – 7:30 p.m. Monday, August 30, 2010, at The Brown Palace Hotel and Spa, 321 17th St., Denver. You also will have the opportunity to meet DBJ Publisher Scott Bemis and other DBJ staff members

After taking an art class through an adult education program in Watertown last year Sandy Stark was inspired to embark upon a business reports the Watertown Blog . As a woman who already loved jewelry, Sandy was inspired by the opportunity to make her own. She uses a wide variety of materials so she can successfully capture various textures, styles and colors in each of her pieces

According to a story in The Advertiser , entrepreneur Shane Yeend has sold two of the first board games he developed for $24 million. “Fact or Crap” and “Battle of the Sexes” – which was Australia’s biggest board game and the sixth-largest board game in the US at one point – have been sold to Canadian toy company Spinmaster in a deal that involves earn-out clauses covering the next 18 years. “It is a lot of money for a cardboard box,” Yeend said. “It was the first thing that got us into the games business.

The inventor that created the ‘world’s first practical jetpack’ is heading to Tauranga so he can give a presentation about his creation, The Martin Jetpack, reports SunLive . The jetpack, which is about 1.5m high, 1.5m wide, is made of carbon fibre composite and weighs 242kg was unveiled in July 2008 in Wisconsin. It is powered by a Martin Aircraft 2L V4 2 stroke engine rated at 200hp with a maximum rpm of 6000 and has a range of about 50km with maximum altitude of about 8000ft. Earlier this year, the Martin Aircraft Company signed a $12-million joint-venture deal with an international aircraft company to build Martin Jetpacks with the aim of making 500 units generating annual turnover of $100 million within three years.

For small brewers around the world, bottling a beer is something that must typically be done manually on a very small scale or—with commercial help—on a very large one. Enter Tom Wood’s , a British brewer that recently launched a mobile bottling operation in the form of a well-equipped truck that can drive to virtually any UK location, reports trendspotter Springwise . Tom Wood’s has been brewing beer since 1995 under the Highwood Brewery name

I have an excellent free resource to share with you today: The Perfect Biz Finder . Every hyper-successful business owner i know will tell you that in order to succeed in today’s world, you have to know what your individual strengths are. And while it’s easy to think you know what they are, you probably don’t

One of the oldest professions around is furniture making. It takes a lot of creativity, patience and knowledge to create a piece of furniture that is not only beautiful but will stand up to the test of time. No one would know this better than Jody Racicot .

Anyone who is contemplating opening up their own business relatively soon is sure to find this article interesting. I’m sure your trying to figure out what would be the best business to open right now, well i have included a few businesses that can be started right away if you are so inclined. A collector store

The USA Solar Store is a chain of independently run shops that offer alternative energy products. With 24 stores in 11 states, from California to Vermont, it is their goal to help bring renewable energy to everyday people all over the US. Inspired by Helen and Scott Nearing, Dave Bonta and his wife moved to Vermont in the 1990’s with the intention of living the simpler life. What started as a lifestyle choice eventually became a business, providing the products people need to live a sustainable lifestyle